Swallow, Brian L., Lindow, S. W., Masson, E. A. and Hay, D. M. (2002) Development of an instrument to measure nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 22 (5). pp. 481-485. ISSN 0144-3615
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Abstract
Severity of nausea, retching and vomiting was determined
using a newly developed nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
instrument (NVPI) in two groups of pregnant women at two
gestational time periods. Participants at Time 1 (approximately gestational week 9), completed a postal questionnaire (N = 643) and those at Time 2 (approximately 13 weeks) completed the instrument at the clinic (N = 284). The three scale items forming the instrument had acceptable internal reliability (Time 1 a = 0·76; Time 2 a = 0·82). It was noted that approximately 60% of women did not vomit, approximately 30% experienced no retching, but 30–40% experienced nausea either all the time or more than once a day. The instrument may prove to be useful as a research tool to study nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
| Additional Information: | Severity of nausea, retching and vomiting was determined using a newly developed nausea and vomiting in pregnancy instrument (NVPI) in two groups of pregnant women at two gestational time periods. Participants at Time 1 (approximately gestational week 9), completed a postal questionnaire (N = 643) and those at Time 2 (approximately 13 weeks) completed the instrument at the clinic (N = 284). The three scale items forming the instrument had acceptable internal reliability (Time 1 a = 0·76; Time 2 a = 0·82). It was noted that approximately 60% of women did not vomit, approximately 30% experienced no retching, but 30–40% experienced nausea either all the time or more than once a day. The instrument may prove to be useful as a research tool to study nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. |
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| Keywords: | Nausea, Vomiting, Pregnancy, Measurement tool |
| Subjects: | B Subjects allied to Medicine > B720 Midwifery C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology A Medicine and Dentistry > A990 Medicine and Dentistry not elsewhere classified |
| Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Psychology |
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| ID Code: | 620 |
| Deposited On: | 20 Sep 2007 |
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